Item #023041 On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life. Charles Darwin.
On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life

On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life

New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1871. Octavo. Item #023041

. 5th edition with additions and corrections. Half-title, 447pp., (8)pp. publisher's ads. Darwin's work introduced the scientific theory that populations evolve over the course of generations through a process of natural selection. Bound in publisher's brown pebble grained embossed cloth, spine lettering faded, yellow endpapers, marginal faint damp stain to lower corners not affecting text, wear to spine ends. Previous owner's name E. K. Boyle, dated 1871, who was a prominent lawyer of Belfast, Maine. A very good copy.

Price: $675.00

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